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The Walking Dead Season 3 Episode 1: Some Thoughts

Damn, there’s a lot of good TV going on right now. Homeland has taken some crazy sidesteps in eps 2 and 3, Dexter is finally interesting again and Fringe is looking to finish out strongly.

But I’ve gotta hand the award of Best Season Opener to The Walking Dead. I’m glad I stuck with this show, despite its horrible characterisation and occasional tedium. The show-runners finally picked up the pace halfway through Season 2 and it looks like they’re gonna keep on running – things actually seem to be working better without Darabont and the show has finally found its stride.

Here’s some of my thoughts from on incredible opening episode, in bullet point form (which is the orderly form my thoughts occur in). Spoilers, obviously: